Mardi Gras season is here and each time it rolls around, I start craving Creole and Cajun food. (Speaking of that, do you know this difference between Cajun and Creole? Tabasco has a great article on their site about the topic.) Jambalaya is one of my favorites, though I’ll eat just about any of it. Most jambalayas take hours of prep and cooking, but you can have this one on the table in about an hour and a half. It’s a one-pot meal that will make your mouth and your dish washing arm happy! Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 large bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- dried red pepper flakes
- 1 pound cajun or andouille smoked sausage, sliced into 3/4 inch rounds
- 1 pound chicken breast meat, cubed
- 28 oz can of diced tomatoes
- 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon creole seasoning
- 1 1/2 cups uncooked rice
Instructions
MY OTHER RECIPESHeat oil in a large dutch oven. Add onion and bell pepper and saute until translucent.
Add garlic and a pinch red pepper (or more if you like heat) and saute until garlic is fragrant.
Add sausage and chicken and cook until chicken is mostly white.
Add tomatoes with, tomato sauce,bay leaves, broth, creole seasoning and uncooked rice. Cover and reduce heat and cook 45 to 55 minutes or until rice is tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed.
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 large bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- dried red pepper flakes
- 1 pound cajun or andouille smoked sausage, sliced into ¾ inch rounds
- 1 pound chicken breast meat, cubed
- 28 oz can of diced tomatoes
- 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon creole seasoning
- 1½ cups uncooked rice
- Heat oil in a large dutch oven. Add onion and bell pepper and saute until translucent.
- Add garlic and a pinch red pepper (or more if you like heat) and saute until garlic is fragrant.
- Add sausage and chicken and cook until chicken is mostly white.
- Add tomatoes with juice, tomato sauce,bay leaves, broth, creole seasoning and uncooked rice. Cover and reduce heat and cook 45 to 55 minutes or until rice is tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed.
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Feeding people makes me happy. It’s just about as plain and simple as that. There are few things in this world that I delight more in than my family and friends gathered around my table enjoying a meal. Pull up a chair and join us! 
YUMMMMY! Looks so good and so easy too! I will be making it real soon! Thanks!
I hope you enjoy it!!
Yup, that’ll do it. You have my apcaipirteon.
Where do you get andouille or cajun sausage OR what is a good substitution? Have been wanting to try something like this or etoufee’, but can’t seem to find the sausage in GA, maybe I’m just not looking in the right place!
There are only a few places I can find it here, but you can use any smoked sausage like kielbasa. That will make a perfect substitution.
I think you must be looking in the wrong place. In Alabama it is in the grocery stores.
Great and delicious recipe. I agree about the sausage. It’s impossible to find where I live now but kielbasa works! That’s the thing I miss most about Louisiana, the sausage. I wanted to let you know I pinned this recipe on Pinterest 🙂
Making this for supper, can’t wait. Just had to add that I’m using Conecuh sausage too. The best sausage in the WORLD!
Awesome! I hope y’all enjoyed it!
How many people will this feed?
thanks, Robb
Hi Robb! It depends on portion size and whether you’re serving this as a side or a main course. If you’re serving as a main course, I bet you could easily feed 5 or 6 folks.
is the can of diced tomatos drained or not?
Add the entire can, juice and all.
Currently have this cooking and it’s smelling great! As a Northern girl I always find myself drawn to Southern recipes! Thanks for such an easy one to follow 🙂
I hope y’all enjoyed it, Kristen!
I have this cooking, & it smells amazing. Let’s see if a Canadian girl can cook up some Jambalaya. Thanks for sharing!
Ooooo, I hope y’all enjoyed it!! Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic recipe. I personally added additional bell peppers, half a hebenaro, and more fresh diced tomatoes. I also poached my chicken in a cajun broth before pulling it and adding to the rest. Although not the entire same, this was a great starting point.
ADDITIONAL: You can find most of your “Cajun” andullie sausage at your local grocery store next to your ave johnsonville italian sasauges.
Sounds great! Thanks for the info!
Awesome recipe! I made this today; it was so simple and very flavorful. I used brown rice and turkey sausage with extra Creole seasoning in mine…so yummy…thank you for sharing your recipe. I look forward to trying others you have available.
Sounds delish! So glad it turned out well for you.
I used this recipe for my first time, now my every time and I have received tons of compliments with those I have been lucky to share it with. I am so glad I found this recipe…,thank you 🙂
I’m so glad you found it too! So glad everyone is enjoying it! 🙂
This was my first time making Chicken & Sausage Jambalaya & it was so easy to make and tasted delicious.
Thank You so Much
From Honolulu, Hawaii
Wonderful!! I’m so glad you liked it!
So if I were to get six serving out of this, how big would the portion size be?
I have comfortably fed six folks with this recipe, though I’m not sure on the exact portion amount – it’s not huge, but plenty.
What can I substitute for creole seasoning?
I’m just not sure there is a substitute.
In a medium bowl combine paprika, dried oregano, ground black pepper, dried basil, kosher salt, cayenne pepper, granulated onion, dried thyme, and granulated garlic. Stir to combine. Store in an airtight container for up to three months…….
(found this)
Thanks for the tip!
Delicious! I’ve never made Jambalaya before so was kind of nervous. I doubled the recipe and fed 10 firefighters with it. They left that table full and happy, compliments to you for the recipe!
Well that’s quite the compliment there! Glad it turned out well for you!
Serving size? I don’t want to make too much and end up having to throw most of it away.
I don’t include serving sizes for lots of reasons. What might be a serving to one person, might be a side to another. Nonetheless, this recipe makes a lot – probably enough to very comfortable feed 6 people.
what kind of creole seasoning would you recommended?
I typically use Zatarains.
Stacey,
I have a very similar recipe I got out of a TASTE OF HOME Magazine a few years back,but I plan on making your recipe soon. 🙂 I am blessed by your remarks at the beginning of your recipes.
Thanks so much, Beverly!
Can this be made in the crockpot
I’ve never done that. I’m hesitant to recommend it because the rice could get way overcooked.
Hey Stacey…Thank you so much…our whole family loved it…our two boys gobbled it up…so good
Great news! I’m so glad y’all enjoyed it!
Hello from Oklahoma. Went to a restaurant called “The Shack Seafood & Oyster Bar. Wonderful almost as good as NOLA food and strangely enough didn’t have Biegnets on the menu! Anyway I had this dish: Chicken & Sausage Jambalaya. This was fantastic! I came home and googled for a recipe and yours came up! I am in love with this dish! And, I am loving the recipes you have and as time goes by, I’ll get more acquainted with more of them! Thank you so much! 🙂
Thanks so much!! I hope you find lots and lots you enjoy!!
I have tried this recipe twice and both times the rice did not cook and and the center of my le creuset dutch oven burned.Should I be adding more chicken stock. Should I be bringing the rice to a boil before simmering
That’s so strange. Yes, I would absolutely recommend adding more stock if you’e having the problem. You can also bring it to a boil, add the rice, then reduce the heat. SO sorry to hear you’ve had trouble.
This was absolutely delicious! We used conecuh sausage since it’s our favorite and it was perfect. Thank you, it’s a keeper!
Awesome!! SO glad you enjoyed it!!
Hi! Have you ever tried to make this in advance and freeze it? Thanks!
I haven’t, but I think it would work just fine as long as it is cooked completely before freezing.
Quick question – how large of a dutch oven will it take to fit this recipe? Thank you!
I usually use my 5 to 6-quart.
Great! Used the 5.5-qt and it fit perfectly. I recently moved to Oregon from Baton Rouge, and thanks to this, I was able to treat my friends to a recipe from my home. Absolutely a winner! Thanks so much for the answer, and for the recipe!
So great to hear, Maggie!! I’m tickled everyone enjoyed it!
I am from North Louisiana. I’ve never had Jambalaya! I don’t like spicy cajun foods. But, this looks really good. I’m wondering what kind of side dish and bread goes with this? I am going to make this for supper. Thank you for sharing recipes with us.
I usually just do it with some garlic bread and a salad. Enjoy!